Environmental Factor Newsletter, December 2018

Postdoc awards reflect strong research potential

Two NIEHS postdoctoral fellows who display strong research potential have won highly competitive National Institutes of Health grants.

Suk Ph.D., left, presented the Wetterhahn Award to Kim

Superfund Wetterhahn Award goes to Stephanie Kim

Stephanie Kim of Boston University received the 2018 Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award during the Superfund Research Program annual meeting.

Kathy Laber’s excellent leadership recognized by peers

Kathy Laber, D.V.M., received the Joseph J. Garvey Management Award from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science.

Suk wins coveted Fulbright to work in Thailand

NIEHS Superfund Research Program head William Suk, Ph.D., leaves for a six-month fellowship in Thailand as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence.

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NIEHS honors years of service and commitment

Friends and family joined honorees to recognize the decades of federal service, as well as those who retired in the past year.

Calendar

Dec
04

Distinguished Lecture Series presents “A New Role for Amino Acid Metabolism in Macrophage Biology
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Speaker(s): Ira Tabas, M.D., Ph.D., from Columbia University

Dec
07

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health webinar on Engaging Health Professionals in Environmental Public Health
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Nicholas Newman, D.O., from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Mark Miller, M.D., from the University of California, San Francisco
Registration is required

Dec
10-11

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on Strategies and Tools for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Mechanistic Data to Support Chemical Assessments
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Location: National Academies Building, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Agenda and registration

Dec
11

National Toxicology Program 40th Anniversary Observance — Celebrate the Past, Embrace the Future
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Register to attend in person or via webcast

Dec
11-12

National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors meeting
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Dec
13-14

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Annual Meeting — Reporting Back Research Results
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
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